I see that this debate is limited among the Islamic world.

Huh???

We are no longer separated by opinions, since there have been a sacrifice of American young lives; with wives and children at home wishing and hoping for a homecoming.

Fools

America has made it easier for people in Iraq to live a life full of more freedoms.

Freedom to murder, got it.

In the aftermath of our invasion people went to the streets full of joy!

False, hand full of people does not equate an entire nation.

The alternative is the past. What do you want? Just think about the past with the rule of the devil, you know. People would disappeared in the night and their family would search for their loved ones — only to be informed that their bones were identified in a mass grave.

I don’t’ know what planet you from but this is still happening AND the people who are just getting killed regularly creates a bigger number than the people who used to go missing. I rather see 10 people go missing and find them in mass grave, than 1000 being killed by the Americans or the extremists they created.

When we are gone, God bless the future

Old fools made it sure that the future of the younger generations will be fucked for all eternity just because of greed and/or ignorant view of the world.

I never tried to make you a Baathist, Lou. I also never said the throwing of a shoe is an act of terror, so I am unsure how you extracted that from my argument

To clear something out.. I didn’t say that you said it was an act of terror.. I added an extra point regarding the fuss this shoe has caused on how the west saw the action.. But i’m sure now you know how it feels when you stuff the Baathist party in my intentions to promote the action done by the “….” reporter..

It’s a misunderstanding, so no harm done..

I simply said applauding or thanking someone who has the background of a criminal from the things that are known about him is no better than applauding some terrorist in Afghanistan or Pakistan for a comment they made and you may agree with.

I was thanking his action.. If you read the thread carefully, you’d notice what i wrote in the end.. “Thank you, in a way”.. Meaning that am actually thanking him for throwing that shoe at the one person i really fantasized of throwing my walking sandals at..

Let’s just stay focused on what the topic is really about, and let the argumental ad hominems aside, Shall we?

Am glad that we’re clearing out points and intentions here, without resorting to faulty assumptions in moments of rage or mockery..
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What would Saddam do if this was done while he was still alive?

If someone threw a shoe at Saddam, we would hear no more of him. He would have never left that room alive.

I never tried to make you a Baathist, Lou. I also never said the throwing of a shoe is an act of terror, so I am unsure how you extracted that from my argument.

I simply said applauding or thanking someone who has the background of a criminal from the things that are known about him is no better than applauding some terrorist in Afghanistan or Pakistan for a comment they made and you may agree with.

How can you (not you directly, Lou) throw a shoe at someone who you call a murderer, and then you yourself be part of an ideology that is murderous? I wish he would have thrown a harsh question at the president instead.

When somebody throws a shoe at you, not that i’m saying they will, but assume that a shoe is flying towards you in projectile motion, Would you be scared of the shoe? or would you be appalled by how demeaning that a Shoe, that walks on dirt, is a soon-to-hit-your-face event..?

In America getting a shoe thrown at you is bad because its a sign of hostility, much like getting a cup or anything else thrown at you – not necessarily because being hit by a shoe is demeaning. As for shoe-violence, has anyone seen Austin Powers? If so, you may remember that when hit by a shoe he states: “Who throws a shoe? Honestly you fight like a woman!” To this day I only have heard of girls using shoes like stilettos in fights. It seems that Americans view shoe throwing as unmanly and a tad wimpy. That may account for the reason why some Americans may view this as a dumb way of protesting. I however, think the intention behind the gesture is more important than the action itself. It is at a heart a way of saying: “fuck you.”